Entries tagged 'Golf'
Prince Course Tops Hawaii "Golf Digest" Ratings Again: #20 Among U.S. Courses
In the new 2008/2009 rankings of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play," directory, The Prince Golf Course on Kauai’s north shore (in the Princeville Resort) received the only five-star rating in Hawaii i The directory ranks golf courses around the...
Hitting the Links: Best Golf Resorts in Hawaii
Golf Mag trots out it's 20th anniversary rankings of best resorts around the world. Natch, Hawaii bags a good number -- nine out of 75, to be exact. Catching top ranking was the Four Seasons Resort Lana'i at Manele Bay....
My Maui Vacation: Cover Story of U.S. Airways Inflight
The kind folks at U.S. Airways put my homage to slumming across Maui on the cover of their esteemed publication. The art looks great. It's a tough life being a travel writer. Here' s a taste....
Hawaii Golf: Flail Away at Turtle Bay with Your Kids As Witness
I am not sure if this is a really good idea or a horrible idea. Do you really want your child to see you bend that super pricey Big Bertha around a tree? For families with the max zen factor,...
Hawaii Golf: Your Own Private Course -- By Invitation Only
Veteran Hawaii golf writer Don Chapman rounds up a spate of recently opened (meaning within a decade or so) exclusive, private golf clubs around the Hawaiian Islands. Private, as in, by invitation only in some cases, such as the Nanea...
Luxury Island at One-Third the Price: Hotel Lanai
Lanai is the private island, the one that food magnate David Murdoch owns virtually in its entirety. It's also where Microsoft founder Bill Gates went for his wedding. Lanai is home to two lavish Four Seasons resorts, the Lodge at...
Solar Powered Golf Carts
On the linx at the Mauna Lani Bay Resort, you can cruise the greens in a green machine. Aptly dubbed the "Sun Caddy", this nifty little machine comes courtesy of Berkeley-based Powerlight. I don't know if any other Hawaii...
Hawaii Hotel Deal-of-the-Day -- Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Package
$1111 Maui Ritz Carlton - 5 nts, Air, Car, from LAX Travel dates: Sept 6 thru Dec 7 on Tue, Wed, Thu. This is a total steal, even if you are in the lamest garden view room. The Ritz...
Hawaii Golf: Frank Lloyd Wright Clubs Maui
Hawaii has long suffered from a dearth of interesting architecture. That's due, in part, to the lack of permanent structures (aside from lava-rock temples and agricultural structures) existing in the islands in pre-contact days. The headlong rush to develop...
